WIP Success

First, I got my Skill Builders Block #2 done.  It's the Nine Patch. 

Second, I finally got the quilt top for my lady bug quilt completely pieced together last night.  I'd been doing so many baby quilts lately that I had forgotten how much more time and effort a larger quilt takes.  This is for a twin bed.

 

The inspiration for the twin bed quilt came from a tummy time quilt I made for my daughter.  Isn't she precious? She was taking a little snooze in daddy's arms while he read last night.

This Week's Stats: New projects - 0 

Completed projects - 1 (although I'll keep it on the list since it's a quilt along)

Currently in progress - 4

Quilts to start - 3 (Baby Niece Quilt, Baby Boy Quilt, Baby Girl Quilt)
Goal - I'm not going to be able to quilt much this week, so I just want to get my patch for the Quilt Along done and that's about it.

Head on over to Freshly Pieced to see the other projects!  Happy Wednesday!

Summer Yumminess

Another reason I love the summer is because of all of the wonderful produce.  June means strawberries and in this family that means freezer jam!  Joel could live off of this stuff if you let him.  Strawberries were finally really cheap at the store (they're really expensive to pick around here for some reason). I made 5 batches of freezer jam, and I'm tempted to do more. 

I'm also pretty excited, because I have tomatoes, potatoes, green beans and zucchini growing right now.  They're looking great!

WIP

This week I completed the first block for the We Can Do It quilt along.  (Full post from yesterday here)

 I've also been chugging along on my ladybug quilt.  I started working on the third block that completes the pattern.  I have about 30 more of them to do, so that is my goal for the rest of the week. 

This Week's Stats: New projects - 1 

Completed projects - 1 (although I'll keep it on the list since it's a quilt along)

Currently in progress - 4

Quilts to start - 3 (Baby Niece Quilt, Baby Boy Quilt, Baby Girl Quilt)
Goal -I would love, love, love to get the entire quilt top of the ladybug quilt done this week.  Fingers crossed!

Go check out all of the other cool WIP at Freshly Pieced.

We Can Do It - Week 1

I've never taken a quilting class or even done a Quilt Along, but I've always wanted to do both.  The logistics have just never worked out.  That's why I'm really excited about participating in the We Can Do It Quilt Along.  It is 18 blocks broken up into 1 block a week.  Each block is meant to teach different quilting skills. 

For this quilt I've decided to use all of my different purple fabrics from my stash.  Usually the background fabric is white, but I'm going to do the opposite with black material.  I think it will make the purple pop more.

The first block is a log cabin.  Since I've done log cabin style before I did it with a slight twist.

Lady Bug WIP

It's already WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced again.  I'm happy to say I met my goal of finishing up my other baby quilt.  Now I'm back to working on the Lady Bug quilt for the twin bed in soon-to-be Emma's room.  These are 2 of the 3 patches for the quilt.  

I was so excited that both of my kids were napping at the same time yesterday that I celebrated by cutting more triangles.  I have quite a few more patches to go.

 

This Week's Stats: New projects - 0  

Completed projects - 1 

Currently in progress - 3

Quilts to start - 2 (Baby Niece Quilt & Baby Boy Quilt)
Goal - This week is looking really busy, but I would like to get the majority of these Lady Bug Patches pieced together this week, and pick out material/plan design for the 2 baby quilts.  We'll see if that actually happens.

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

ABC Baby Quilt

I finished the other baby girl quilt I was working on today.  I got the top stitching done over the weekend, so all I had left was the binding.

Now it's time to get my house cleaned while the kiddos are still asleep. :)

Date Night

For the first time since having the baby girl Joel and I were able to go on a date.  Another fellow intern at the hospital volunteered to watch the kiddos.  She's so nice. 

It was Mormon night at The Crew.  I think it's hilarious that if you used the code "LDS" you could get 10 buck tickets.  A quartet of missionaries sang the National Anthem.  Besides that it was just a fun night of soccer.  The Crew ended up winning 2-1.  We really enjoyed the night out.

Crazy days

We had a crazy thunderstorm come out of no where yesterday and bless us with some serious hail.  These are pictures from my front porch during the storm.  My only sadness is that it split one of my tomato plants down the middle.

 (The hail was so thick it almost looked like snow on the ground)

Meanwhile, I finished one baby quilt this week and started to work on the second one when I realized I had messed up.  Do ever just do stupid things that make no sense?

I started sewing on the border when I realized I had completely forgotten to top stitch it.  Maybe it was a Freudian slip since that's my least favorite part of quilting - I don't know.    Anyway, now I get to top stitch it with a partially sewn on border.  I seriously feel like a crazy lady sometimes.

Anyway, stats for the week: New projects - 0 (I was a good girl and focused on ones I've already started)

Completed projects - 1 (yay!)
Currently in progress – 4

Mistakes- 1 big one

Goals: Top stitch and finish baby quilt #2 (and try not to make any other mistakes)

Go check out the other WIP.  There's some fun stuff.

Scrappy Finishes

I finished a baby girl quilt last night.  The entire front is made of scraps - even the binding (which makes me super excited), but the most exciting part of this quilt for me is the back.  Do you ever buy fabric because you love it, but don't have any idea what to use it for?  I bought this fabric in a tiny quilt shop in Annville, Pennsylvania a number of years ago and have been waiting for just the right project.  I love the different grades of purple in it, and it's the perfect size for this quilt. 

June WIP

I can't believe it's June - crazy - where did May go?

It's WIP Wednesday again and I've completed another baby quilt top for a friend who's having a girl.  This tummy time quilt is a small version of Quilt Dad's ABC Menagerie.

This week's stats: New projects -1
Completed projects - um, 0
Currently in progress –5
Goals: Time to layer and top stitch my 2 baby quilts.